In-Business Risk 1LOD Lead Analyst

Citi is a global financial institution, and they are seeking an In-Business Risk 1LOD Lead Analyst for their Tampa, Florida location. The role involves designing and implementing control mechanisms to monitor financial crimes, developing analytical tools, and collaborating with various stakeholders to manage risks across business platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate, and implement control mechanisms to monitor financial crimes within Citi's Markets and Securities Services division
• Develop analytical tools and data processes using programming languages such as Python and R to detect and manage risks associated with financial crimes like anti-money laundering, sanctions, and fraud
• Regularly review existing financial crime monitoring controls to ensure effectiveness and continuously improve the controlling methodologies to address emerging risks
• Collaborate closely with various stakeholders, including Sales, Trading, Operations, Legal, Compliance, and Technology departments, to identify, assess, and manage financial crime risks across multiple business platforms, specifically focusing on high-risk jurisdictions, third-party payments in foreign exchange, sanctions, and emerging market transaction monitoring
• Manage control initiatives ensuring resources are properly allocated, execution timelines are met, and all initiatives align strategically with corporate policies and regulatory requirements
• Conduct specialized reviews of transactional data to proactively uncover new and evolving financial crime patterns, subsequently develop and integrate preventative controls
• Prepare and deliver comprehensive reports and presentations to senior management and compliance oversight teams, clearly articulating analytical insights, proposed enhancements, and the status of ongoing initiatives

Skills

• Requires a Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Finance, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or related field
• 1 year of experience as a Business Risk Analyst, Data Analyst, Financial Analyst, Compliance Analyst, Graduate Associate or related position involving designing, evaluating and implementing control mechanisms to monitor for financial crimes
• Alternatively, employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in the stated fields and 3 years of the specified experience
• Full span of experience must include: Designing and evaluating control frameworks for financial crime risk assessment
• Conducting financial data research, financial modeling, and preparing analytical reports and manuscripts
• Performing quantitative analysis and interpreting large financial and economic datasets
• Applying statistical methods to analyze datasets, identify financial crime patterns, and assess associated risks
• Researching and analyzing derivatives, fixed income, swaps, foreign exchange, and structured products, including options, futures, bonds, treasury securities, credit instruments, interest rate swaps, currency swaps, credit default swaps, spot/forward FX products, spread products, and complex structured instruments
• Developing automated processes for data analysis and financial research using Python and R
• Extracting, transforming, and analyzing large datasets using SQL, and employing data management and visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Airflow
• Researching institutional trading business practices, market structure, and financial crime risks
• Communicating and presenting analytical findings
• Managing research projects and coordinating responsibilities, including documentation of methodologies and results validation

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Life, accident, and disability insurance
• Wellness programs
• Paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

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